Su Kaiden Cho: Interweaving Boundless
@ FLXST Contemporary
2251 S Michigan Ave, Suite 220 Chicago, IL 60616
Opening Friday, March 15th, from 4PM - 8PM
On view through Sunday, April 21st
Join us for the opening reception of Su Kaiden Cho’s Debut Solo Exhibition.
“Interweaving Boundless” explores the infinite possibilities of artwork produced at the crossroads of the human condition, and more specifically, the artist’s diasporic Korean identity. If the minimalist movement elevated rigid formalism in the art objects produced, Su Kaiden Cho’s work in the show exposes the artist’s attraction to post-minimalism. Cho’s body of work introduces elements of emotion, expression, and narrative into art while still maintaining minimalist aesthetics. The artist’s hand is present in each of the works. Not only do viewers “see” the labor of the artist, but we, as viewers, feel the emotional interwovenness of each of the pieces and the boundless possibilities for the creation of narratives.
We might consider the artwork in the show as part of a larger performance—the performance of the artwork comes through and is contingent on the spaces in which they are installed, the lighting, or the steps that viewers take to arrive at the art objects. These and other elements shift the ways the artwork is seen and connects to viewers.
Do we need to see bodies in artwork for the artwork to be about bodies—or, more specifically, the artist’s body? Su Kaiden Cho’s “Interweaving Boundless” attracts, unsettles, and engages us; the artist relies on the deconstruction of mediums and forms to reconstruct and reframe ideas thought to be infallible.
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